Silence. Besides the sound of the blowing wind, Nero and the others were surrounded by silence as they stared in the place Marilyn had blown open a hole. They were ultimately unable to measure the true strength of the card because it was too powerful, which was not what any of them had expected at all.
Nero was extremely pleased with the results. In fact, the better the card performed, the safer he would be, because his actual innate ability had grown too strong. He still recalled that giant hole in the ground it had incinerated, or rather purified back in Perilith.
Although he hadn't had a chance to test his innate ability to his satisfaction, what remained true was that it was even more lethal than before. Not only did it retain its ability to frighten curses, it could harm other things as well, as long as he could provide sufficient aether.
